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10-06-2008, 04:13 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Baldock, Herts
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| |  First adder at last
After quite some searching I have finally seen my first adder in the UK  Of course, I nearly trod on it  . It was in scrub/heathland in East Bucks. In the end I saw 3, and there were probably quite a few more there too.  
Very pleased that my effort was rewarded, but a little sad that they are doing so badly in some areas.
Rob
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10-06-2008, 05:07 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: North Yorkshire
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| | | Re: First adder at last
What a lovely snake, it looks MASSIVE.
They do seem to do well on North York Moors and around the wild areas around York. Always a thrill to see them, when I was a child I was mortally afraid of them, we used to go to Central France for holidays and everyone there was convinced that they were
1: Clever
2: Dangerously venomous
3: Very agressive.
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10-06-2008, 06:10 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Lancashire
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| | | Re: First adder at last
Good pics. They're great Snakes and I love photographing them regularly along with my children in Wales. My daughter almost stood on one too when she was eight and she was well within strike range but they're so reluctant to bite, it just looked then slithered off. It took me a while to get to sleep that night though.
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10-06-2008, 06:33 PM
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| | | Re: First adder at last
When i saw the thread header i was going to reply it won't be your last, but you've already seen more, thats just what happens when you get your eye in.
Well done, nice pics too 
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10-06-2008, 07:30 PM
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| | | Re: First adder at last
Well done on getting the pictures
I've only ever seen one but it didn't hang around for me to snap it - I've been on the look out for another one ever since ....... |
10-06-2008, 07:45 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mid Glamorgan South Wales
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Wow great pic and fab experience Looks quite a lot longer than I thought one would. Will the warm weather bring them out in the open more ?
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10-06-2008, 07:52 PM
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glad you caught a cracking piccy of it Rob . Though when I first saw the thread I was hoping that Galanthus had spotted one! 
What i'd give to be Gwyn Ap Nuth handling two in my arms. Or at least one on Kodak! 
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10-06-2008, 07:54 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Outside Bewdley in a wood with stream in garden.
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| | | Re: First adder at last
They just go in the sun to warm themselves up -which makes them active; so not necessarily |
11-06-2008, 10:09 AM
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| | | Re: First adder at last
I guess this is a female? I think it was about 50cm. The other two I saw were too quick for pictures. This one let me creep very close and hold the camera "in its face". I wouldn't have wanted to get any closer once I saw how fast it was. Do adders strike like a cobra?
It also hissed which I never expected from an adder. I see why they have a bad reputation as their expression is so mean-looking. |
12-06-2008, 05:39 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mid Glamorgan South Wales
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jez  glad you caught a cracking piccy of it Rob . Though when I first saw the thread I was hoping that Galanthus had spotted one!
What i'd give to be Gwyn Ap Nuth handling two in my arms. Or at least one on Kodak! | I wish had spotted one  Only ever seen a small teeny baby.
Is gwyn ap nuth the king of the fairies ex-king of the underworld ?
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